G. N. Gabbard:
DAILY NOUS: A RUN OF GNOMIC-STRIPS

Tin Wreath
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Albany NY, 12212

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A six-part sequence of poems, distributed with TIN
WREATH #27 (itself an excellent issue of the magazine
edited by David Gonsalves). There is a free-wheeling
and playful disregard for standard syntax and diction
here, along with frequent allusions to Mutt (of Mutt
and Jeff), ducks, and various comic and philosophical
routines: "Consider the sire; ponder the dam;
then/ rereflect on trainers, even though/ the semiaquack-quackquatic
duck/ 's egg will hatch a pretty duckling if// chewing
anvils an ostrich sit the nest./ Spit on the turf,
pull a cigar alight,/ four elements are enough for
any body." (from "Idealism of Tuesday").--John M. Bennett